Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

“Walking Dead” cast talks about season 2 midseason finale

February 11, 2012 Barb Oates

With the second half of Season 2 of The Walking Dead finally making its return on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 9pm ET on AMC, the cast took some time to reflect on a cast member who won’t be returning. For the cast, as well as fans of the show, the midseason cliffhanger was simply heartbreaking when, after weeks of searching for Sophia (played by Madison Lintz), the survivors find her when she’s the last to stumble out of Hershel’s barn of walkers. Melissa McBride who plays Carol, Sophia’s mother, said: “Madison and I are both from Atlanta and I’ve known […]

What happens to unclaimed and lost luggage? Travel Channel shows us in “Baggage Battles”

February 6, 2012 Barb Oates

People who travel and check bags regularly are probably most familiar with witnessing this unclaimed luggage phenomenon. You know — those bags that circle the luggage carousel again and again and never get claimed, where eventually an airport worker hauls it off to some mysterious closet or office. Apparently unclaimed luggage is more frequent than one would imagine, as Travel Channel turns its cameras on what they deem a “very profitable business of bidding, buying and reselling unclaimed property” in their new original series Baggage Battles. Baggage Battles debuts on Travel Channel on Wednesday, April 11 at 10pm ET/PT with […]

“Long Island Medium” Theresa Caputo returns for 2nd season March 25

February 3, 2012 Barb Oates

Last fall TLC introduced TV viewers to Theresa Caputo, a New York mother and medium who connects her clients — and, well, really anyone she might run into whether they want to hear it or not — with the spirits of their dead relatives or friends. Her reality series, Long Island Medium, averaged 1.3 million viewers in its first nine-episode run and quickly captured the attention and emails of many needy viewers looking to find closure to their personal grieving. EXTRA: HOW TO CONTACT THERESA CAPUTO Caputo tells us life has changed somewhat since the launch of her show. “My […]

HBO renews “Luck” for 10-episode second season for 2013

January 31, 2012 Barb Oates

HBO found an immediate victory at the horse track with it’s new series Luck, which debuted this past Sunday logging a gross audience of 3.3 million viewers to date. The network renewed the series for a 10-episode second season slated to debut in January 2013. From director Michael Mann and Deadwood creator David Milch [pictured], the series is a behind-the-track look at the world of horse racing and gambling’s denizens — owners, trainers, jockeys and gamblers. The cast is led by Dustin Hoffman who plays the complex lead character Chester “Ace” Bernstein, and Nick Nolte, as weathered Kentucky horse-trainer-turned-owner Walt […]

Stacy London focuses new series on plus-size fashion world, women

January 24, 2012 Barb Oates

It took awhile, but finally there’s going to be a TV series that focuses on fashion for average size women (more commonly referred to as plus-size). TLC and What Not to Wear host and fashion authority Stacy London, along with BBC Worldwide Productions, are executive producing this yet-to-be titled eight-part series, set to premiere in May. No surprise that London’s behind the production after spending nine seasons helping many “plus size” women reinvent themselves and their wardrobes in her signature What Not to Wear series, which she cohosts with Clinton Kelly. The new series, however, does not feature London in […]

TCA News: FX marks 2011 as best year, announces premiere dates for Justified, Anger Management, Archer

January 16, 2012 Barb Oates

FX’s mix of drama, horror and comedy — Justified, American Horror Story and Wilfred — along with their returning series made 2011 a landmark year. The network grew their audience by double digits in almost all age groups. “Let me repeat that,” FX president John Landgraf (pictured) said. “All of our returning series grew in every adult demo and in total viewers: male, female, young, old, every category.” Although Landgraf candidly shared “everything we do is a role of the dice, and sometimes it comes up the number you want, sometimes it doesn’t,” no one would argue that the network […]

Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony talk “Q’Viva! The Chosen” at TCA

January 15, 2012 Barb Oates

Since October 2011, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Jamie King have been traveling throughout the Americas in search of the most outstanding singers, musicians, dancers and amazing artists to be part of their passion project — ¡Q’Viva! The Chosen — which is set to debut on Univision Jan. 28 at 7pm ET/PT. The outcome of their search is a celebration of Latino culture, where the best artists are being brought back to the U.S. for a chance to be part of a live show that the network says will be the “greatest celebration of Latin music and performance.” Lopez, Anothny […]

Gypsy TV: Gypsies are new trending topic for TV shows at TCA

January 14, 2012 Barb Oates

For the first time cameras are taking viewers into the complex world of the American gypsy culture via two new series —National Geographic Channel’s American Gypsies (debuting later this summer) and TLC’s My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (this spring). Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid) is the executive producer behind American Gypsies, a compelling look at one of Manhattan’s most prominent Gypsy families — the Johns family. Despite the title of their show, the family prefers to be referred to as Roma vs. Gypsies. “It was difficult to get people to open up on camera because the Roma have been taken […]

New season of “The Borgias,” “Dexter,” “Inside Comedy” and the rest of the best of Showtime at TCA

January 13, 2012 Barb Oates

Showtime and The CW were the focus of Thursday’s press sessions at the Television Critics Association (TCA) semiannual press tour in Pasadena. Showtime kicked the day off with the casts and writers for two of their hit series — Shameless and The Borgias — and followed with introducing Inside Comedy and House of Lies. The top 12 notables from the session include: 1. The Claire Danes and Damian Lewis drama Homeland finished up 2011 as Showtime’s highest-rated freshman series ever. The series will most likely return in fall. 2. Dexter will be back for two more seasons. Last season Dexter […]

Chris and Casey Keefer star in Sportsman Channel’s “Dropped: Project Alaska”

January 10, 2012 Barb Oates

Alaska seems to have taken over for New Jersey as the state with the most new reality TV series being filmed there. Sportsman Channel adds another show to the mix with its docuseries Dropped: Project Alaska, which airs Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT. The Keefer brothers, Chris, 32, and Casey, 28, hosts of the network’s Back Country Quest TV, were dropped on a river in a remote part of Alaska in September, where, during a month, they crossed over 110 river miles living solely off the land. They began their adventure with no provisions, where their 100 pounds of gear was […]